Vietnam: A Television History(1983)
Documentary
First Air Date: 1983-10-04
Average Runtime: 1h 0m
Rating: 9.5
Votes: 2
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 13
A six-year project from conception to completion, "Vietnam: A Television History" carefully analyzes the costs and consequences of a controversial but intriguing war. From the first hour through the last, the series provides a detailed visual and oral account of the war that changed a generation and continues to color American thinking on many military and foreign policy issues.
Keywords
vietnam war
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Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 13E01
Roots of a War: 1945-53
Air Date: 1983-10-04
The end of World War II opened the way for the return of French rule to Indochina. Despite the ties he had forged wit...
E02
The First Vietnam War
Air Date: 1983-10-05
The eight-year battle between the French and Vietminh is examined.
E03
America's Mandarin: 1954-63
Air Date: 1983-10-11
With a goal of stopping the spread of communism in Southeast Asia, America replaced France in South Vietnam -- suppor...
E04
LBJ Goes to War: 1964-65
Air Date: 1983-10-18
With Ho Chi Minh determined to reunite Vietnam, President Lyndon Baines Johnson determined to prevent it, and South V...
E05
America Takes Charge: 1965-67
Air Date: 1983-10-25
In two years, the Johnson administration's troop build-up dispatched 1.5 million Americans to Vietnam to fight a war ...
E06
America's Enemy: 1954-67
Air Date: 1983-11-01
The Vietnam War as seen from different perspectives by Vietcong guerrillas and sympathizers, by North Vietnamese lead...
E07
Tet: 1968
Air Date: 1983-11-08
The massive enemy offensive at the lunar New Year decimated the Vietcong and failed to topple the Saigon government -...
E08
Vietnamizing the War: 1969-73
Air Date: 1983-11-15
President Richard Nixon's program of troop pull-outs, stepped-up bombing and huge arms shipments to Saigon changed th...
E09
Cambodia and Laos
Air Date: 1983-11-22
Despite technical neutrality, both of Vietnam's smaller neighbors were drawn into the war, suffered massive bombings,...
E10
Peace is at Hand: 1968-73
Air Date: 1983-11-29
While American and Vietnamese soldiers continued to clash in battle, diplomats in Paris argued about making peace. Af...
E11
Homefront USA
Air Date: 1983-12-06
Through troubled years of controversy and violence, U.S .casualties mounted, victory remained elusive, and American o...
E12
The End of the Tunnel: 1973-75
Air Date: 1983-12-13
South Vietnamese leaders believed that America would never let them go down to defeat -- a belief that died as North ...
E13
Legacies
Air Date: 1983-12-20
The legacy of the Vietnam War is examined.
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